I may have sewn up my league with my last trade, and just over the half way point I look at my team now and compare it to the one that I started with and think WOW! I did a pretty good job in assembling a team for today, rather than a rookie squad for the future. After my draft, I realized I "Gregged" my draft (A term named after a friend who is notorious for his love of rookies and will overpay just so he can claim he "found" them.) Here is a side by side comparison of what I started the seson with and what it looks like now. 5x5 AL only keeper league (3yr contracts) 11 teams. *=06 contract, expiring at seasons end.
Currently in 2nd place with 71.5pts and 9.5 behind the 1st place team. AVG(8pts) HR(2) RBI(3.5) R(5) NSB(7) W(11) K(11) ERA (11) WHIP(11) SV(2)

I think I did well and I managed to get a couple nice keepers for next year aside from picking up guys that are done at the end of the year. (Special thank to the in between guys that I picked up or traded for to help make this team. Doug Mirabelli, Hank Blalock, Dan Haren, K-Rod, Hank Blalock, Emil Brown, Julio Lugo, George Sherrill, Jon Lester, Scot Proctor, Justin Speier, & Kurt Birkins.)

I guess I am looking for roto affirmation that I can win this thing with a team like this. Since I figured I would be a cellar dweller with the team I drafted.
Thanks
WHIR

A's wrote:I like your team, prospects. But with Dan Johnson demotion, on behalf of A's fans sorry , I heard he might come back september, I really like nick from baltimore, he will be a great outfielder

thanks for your post

Thanks, but I no longer own them. The first player is what I drafted next to him is what I currently own.

I dealt Johnson, Kinsler, Markakis, Kubel and Lester to a team that ws tanking it for the season and wanted to rebuild for Giambi, Lugo, Wells, Brown and Timlin.

I dont understand why Oakland demoted Johnson. Sure he had abyssmal first 2 months but he was batting .291 the last month before his demotion. Johnson is just the guy holding the 1B spot for Daric Barton, so he was a short term guy.